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WHITBY FREEPRESS, WEDNESDAY,.FEBRUARY 1, 17,--PGE S. New Witby sho lto open with portables The new Kendalwood publie scbool, like the Pringle Creek sehool, will be opening with por- tables. Carol Yeo, superin- tendent of sehools for the Durham Board of Education, said at a meeting last week that the new sehool, to be Iocated at Kendalwood Rd. and Bellwood Drive and to open early in 1988, will have portables because of growth in the area. an Yeo ad Whitby scbool trustees outlined plans for the new school for about 140 parents at Dr. Robert Thornton Public School.- - Space has been given on the Kendalwood school site for a maximum of eight por- tables. Space bas also been alloeated in site Traffic among parenteconcerns plans for four relocatables, or por- tables which are ad- joined to the school. Yeo said, however, that there wil be no relocatables when the scbool omens. They will be added later, she said. The two-storey scbool will have a total -of 14 rooms which 'can be used as classrooms, said Yeo. The sehool, as yet un- named, . will have a musie room, science room, art room and special education room - afl to be used as classrooms along with the 10 other rooms, not ,inuine the portables. ýThickson Road traffie acquired in graduai -- and laek of sufficient fashion. A computer in prgram equipment every room of the Were among the concer- school, he said, is "down 1 ris of some parents at the road."T u E ~t week's meeting to Another parent was ticuss the new Ken- reassured by Carol Yeo, dalwoodsehool. superintendent of A Whitby Whitby trustee John sehools for the Durham trustee toîd par( Buchanan said he would Board of Education, we hts assist a request for a that washrooms at the week oitat s crossing guard at new sehool would dsapntdt Thieksofl Rd. wbich libequ t o. han- of support the somne children would dle both the main sehool otatein the li have to cross to get to building and portables. dbain tshone, the new school, to open The parent said awoscol early in 1988 at Ken- washroomns at Thornton "I'm a littiE dalwood Rd. and were "disappointing." poiiited," BelloodDr.Oneparent asked hy trustee Patty1 Buchanan promised some sehools had lots of atld abot 14 assistance in response facilities and equip- aettning a r to a concern about ment, while others had meertn at Dr safety on Tbickson. One relatively little. Thrto n Psubs l parent said she believed Susan Morrison, tcodisstil it was "unllkely" that a regional superintenderit scol sti guard could stop five for the Ministry of namned, to opx lapes of traffic. Education, said there next year. SBuchanan said traffie were great differences She said thai lights'may be installed in sehools when they work by trustei at the Thickson Rd. in- were once under local tain funding for tersection. board administration school, she lear Bur.hanan also noted and then put under affected parerl that the new school will regional ad- area had sentr open with .somne equip- ministration. to the Mini ment but not as much -as She said the regional Education ton other, older schools had board then began to peals for the sci built up over years. upgrade sehools most in She said the "It will be piece by need, with somne sehools Board of Educz piece," he said of Ken- first requiring building "in competitic dalwood. He noted, improvements, sucb as another board however, that extra to meet fire safety the capital gr money had been regulations. ding available1 allocated by the Equipment is on the school.' ministry to add equip- bottom of the list of Parents frc ment. priorities, she said. other area had He mentioned com- "'There will neyer be letters of puters as some of the enough money," she Bowman said, equipment that will be added. wrote letters Board yet to decide SHARON, LOIS AND BRAM put on singers had. children and their* a weil-received show at Eastdale parents stomping. their- feet and Collegiate last week. The three singing along. Free Press photo stee says parents non,-supportive sehool rents last Le was the lack iey gave effort to ew Ken- le disap- Whitby Bowman parents Feb. 4 r.Robert tie Sehool the new to be en early at during ees to ob- )r tbe new trned that nts in the no letters istry of rnake ap- Chool. eDurham atiori was ion" witb to obtain rant fun- for a new -om that * sent sucb appeal, ,and even sof ap- on temporarY sehool area accommodation The Durham Board of Education hasn't yet determined where future students of the new Kendalwood Public Sehool will go for the "four or five months until the sehool opens in January or February of 1988. Carol Yeo, superin- tendent of sehools for the board, told parents at a meeting at Dr. Robert Thornton Public Sehool last week that the board is still "4working on" accom- modation of future Ken- dalwood students fromn September until early in 1988. 'II realize that's a burning issue tonight," Yeo told parents, at the Feb. 4 meeting. She said a decision wil be made "in a few weeks" and parents will then be notified. She said the board is also arranging the mnove so that students who..are temporarily accom- modated at another sehool wil keep their teachers wben they move to the as yet un- named Kendalwood sehool to be located just west of the intersection of Kendalwood Rd. and Bellwood Dr., in SEEPAGE.7 preciation for what bacl been done after the decision was made in favor of the Kendalwood. school. She also pointed out that Whitby trustees have now managed to obtain funding for tbree new, sehools in Whitby. She said trustees in Ajax,wbieh has bad six per cent more growtb than Whitby, bad worked to get funding for the same number of Vice-principal reacts sehools there. She eredited Wbitby trustees, mentioning Ian Brown and John Buehanan, for getting the same number of sehools even thougb Whitby bad less growth. But Paul Manuel, vice Thornton Public Sehool in which the meeting was held, reacted to Bowman's appeal by saying he "1resented being told by -a politician" that parents should give support. He said it was irres- ponsible for the Minis- try f Education and Durhamn Board of Education "to allow the situation to getto thie point," referring to the McALLISTERfS Presents an outstaniding ~ collection of at savings up to 20% 0 Barrymore sectionals can be crafted to almost any configuration to suit your specific needs. 0 Five basic styles to choose from. commodation.. A, parent said. she would, send. a letter when she gets a tbank you for paying education taxes. S"It's our tfix money," she said. "I'm appealing to you ... we need your -sup- port," ,.maintained Bowmani. "The political process is such- that- we need more support." fabrics from the far corners of the world. a This is atime-limited Barrymre authorie sale. McALLISThIIS 70 ROSSLAND RD.W.j OSHAWA 576U65 Mon., Tues., Wed. 1". 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